Folding display



March 27, 1951 B. BARTNICK FOLDING DISPLAY Filed July 11, 1947 INVENTOR: BERTHA BARTNICK BY l I i ATT'Y.

Patented Mar. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING DISPLAY Bertha Bartnick, Chicago, Ill.

Application July 11, 1947, Serial No. 760,275

4 Claims.

made from sheet cardboard or similar material,

the designs being scored and cut in the material so that when the surplus pieces are removed, a continuous connected piece remains which is foldable to form the display.

- An important object of the invention is to provide a display in which one end is foldable over the other and is mounted thereon to move at different angles about a relatively fixed portion.

A further obiect of the invention is to provide a display made of one piece of material having one end fol 'able upon the other and connected by interengaging means so that one end will rotate relatively about the other.

Still a further object of the invention is'to provide a display made of one piece of material in which one end is relatively fixed and resembles the neck and shoulders of a person, and the other end is foldable over the fixed portion and has interengaging means for rotatably mounting a head portion upon the neck and shoulders.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and will be a arent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 illustrates a b ank from which a design in accordance with this invention is out out and scored for folding;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a display formed from the cut out;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear side of the c'isplay shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a partially assembled view in perspective of the display; I

Fig. 5 illustrates a sheet blank of another form of display;

Fig. 6 is a pers ective of an assembled display of which the b ank is shown in Fig. 4.

In displaying many articles of merchandise, it is most sati factory to show them spread upon a model or attached to a holder or by which the features of the material are shown. In modeling various classes of goods such as shirtwaists. attachment for the he h ir. or e en small hats, the provision of sati factory models may be quite expensive, particularly if the head and shoulders of such a model are of more or less solid material.

The present invention provides a display preferably in the form of a head mounted to move upon the shoulders which is constructed entirely of flexible sheet material which may be cut in quantities from flat stock and maintained in that form for shipment or storage and until the display is ready for use.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a sheet l0 of flexible material such as cardboard is cut and scored to form a continuous display piece II which may be separated fr m the remainder of the material as a sheet, when it is desired to set up and use the display.

One form of display comprises a head I2 at one end of the display. piece connected to a shoulder piece I3 adjacent the other end with a projection [4 extending upwardly therefrom and forming a neck [5. I

Between the head and the neck is a connecting strip l6 attached at one end to the top of the head and having scored fold lines l1, l8 and I9 near its connection with the head and at an angle to each other. At the other end of the strip is an outwardly flaring base 20 connected to the shoulder portion l3 by a fold line 2| andnear the smaller portion of the base are fold' lines 22, 23 and 24 at an angle to each other.

In the head is a partially circular cut-out 25 and in the proiection is another circular cutout 26 extending transversely thereof and opposite to the cut-out 25 in the head. These cutouts embrace more than a semi-circle and are disposed oppositely so that when the base portion is set up, and the head portion is folded upwardly and over the projection I 4, the cut-outs 25 and 26 are interengaged so that the head rides freely upon the cut-out of the projection and because of the score lines in the connect-, ing strip IS, the head may be turned relatively at various angles some 30 more or less in either direction from a central position to show the head inclined at various degrees in that range upon the shoulders l3.

If desire the head may be held in any adjusted position upon the shoulders by connect-1 ing it thereto in any suitable manner as by means of a staple 21 connected through the head and through some portion of the shoulder I3 or the projection I4.

In general, a pleasing design is easily printed upon the face portion, the'circular cut-outs 2-5 and 25 may form a portion of the design and are usually located in the position of the ear so that they may be more or less concealed as a part of the ear design.

This construction may also be incorporated in various other designs as shown by Figs. 5 and 6 in which a hand 30 is mounted at the end of a long arm 3| with fold lines 32 and 33 intermediate the ends so that the extremity may be folded up at the back of the hand, this extremity and the handbe ng connected by co-operating circular cuts 34 and 35 adapted to interengage with each other so that this display may be supported in upright position upon a narrow base 36 between the fold lines 32 and 33. A thumb 31 may be at the end opposite the palm. This particular display may be used for displaying gloves and provides such an inexpensive method of showing them that a large number of displays may be used Without excessive cost.

Displays of this kind are easily set up and taken down; they occupy a min mum space in their flat or knock-down condition and they may be e sily erected and taken down by an inexperi-ented person. In applying a garment over the shoulder portion l3, it is a simple matter to place it over the projection l4 and then to conr meet the head in overlying position.

Although simple designs are thus described, various other designs may be made embodying these general features in which a head or one end is movably mounted upon a base or supporting port'on at the other end. Thi design has the advantage that by folding the head over and upon the shoulder portion, both of the exposed portions of the head and shoulders are upon the same side of the sheet material which may therefore be printed upon one side only, or a printed sheet may be pasted on one side only of the cardboard as va base, illustrating the face, shoulders, and any other design in natural colors, or otherwise as desired.

While I have thus described these preferred construct ons of this invention in some detail;

they should be regarded as illustrations or examples rather than lmitations or restrictions of the invention, since various changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A folding display formed of a singl sheet of mat rial, comprising a base portion at one end having an upward projection, an enlarged portion at the ot er end connected to the base by an integral strip of material, the enlarged portion fold ble over the projection, and interengaging means comprising opposite transversely extending circular cuts in the enlarged portion and the projection for rotat ng the enlarged portion relatively with respect to the projection when held in position thereon.

2, A folding display formed of a single piece of sheet material having a base at one end with upwardly projecting shoulders, and a projection connected to the shoulders by a reduced neck, a head at the other end of the material connected to the base by a reduced strip having folding score lines in the strip, interengaging means comprising oppositely extending circular cuts in the head and projection for mounting the head to rotate relatively upon the projection when held together thereon the scored strip permitting a relative movement of the head upon the projection.

3. A folding display, comprising a single sheet of cardboard and. the like having a supporting base at one end, a shoulder portion hinged to the base by a score line and having a neck portion extending upwardly therefrom, a head at the other end of the display connected to the base by a narrow strip having angular score lines adjacent the head and adjacent its connection with the base, the head being foldable over the said projection and the head and projection having opposite transversely extending circular cuts adapted to interengage with each other to support the head and to permit a relative rotation of the head upon th shoulder portion, and the scored connecting strip permitting a relative rotation of' the head in either direction from a central posit'onupon the projection.

4. A f :lding display, comprising asingle sheet of cardboard and the like having a supporting base at one end, a shoulder portion hinged to the base by a score line and having a neck portion extending upwardly therefrom, a head at the other end of the display connected to the base by a narrow strip having angular score lines adjacent the head and adjacent its connection with the base, the head being foldable over the said projection and the head and projection having opposite transversely extending circular cuts adapted to interengage with each other to support the head and to permit a relative rotation of the head upon the shoulder portion, the scored connecting strip permitting a relative rotat on of the head in either direction from a central position upon the projection, and means to connect the head to the shouldered portion and its projection in any rotated position.

BER'IHA BARTNICK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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